Nail, screw nail, and the like



' i 631,044 May 3i, N2?. E' LYTTON a I NA`1L, -scREw NAIL, AND THE LIKE Original Filed Dec. 22, 1924 coiled inthe formoffa double thread about Anear its pointed end, the shouldered part beingof a diameter greatlerthan that of the adjacent part of the shank. The shoulder,

in the event of the ribs becoming entirely,

severed from the shank, will engage against the coiled ribs and thus prevent the spike jwithdrawingfromwithin the coiled ribs. j Having thus described the nature of the` said invention: and the bestmeans I- know of carrying the same linto practical effect, I claim A nail or spike device comprising a shank having a pointed end, said shank also having a plurality of Yrojeoting longitudinal ribs formed integral y therewith, each rib having a comparatively strong junction with the shank at its end nearer the pointed end .of the shank, and having from that junction to its other end a junction which is so weak that, when the `device has been driven home into a piece of material andl is. turned about itsaxis said latter junction willshear andy permit the` rib to coil aboutv the shank.

1(n testimony whereof I have signed my name to Athis specification.

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